Travel Trailer Cover

frisbeekev wrote:
I have a Classic Accessories permapro and love it. The ripstop nylon is great and breathable. The install was easy too. We'll worth the cost. As stated be sure to pad corners and gutters to prevent ripping.

Permapro is what we have now. Our first cover was and ADCO, lasted 5 years. It was a good cover and gave good service, but the sun finally got to the fabric which is not woven so it started to tear. But the ADCO cover was pretty hard to handle for a 30+ foot trailer.

The Permapro is lasting longer, but to me that isn't the biggest advantage. The permapro is much easier to handle and store. being ripstop nylon the fabric can be much thinner and still strong so it takes up about 1/4 the volume and is much lighter. I can easily roll it up and get it on the roof myself and amazingly get it back into the storage bag they provide. That's what sold me on the permapro, so even if it only lasted as long as the adco I'd still go with the permapro.

Pbois334 wrote:
Just bought a Adco tyvek and covered my first nice trailer with it. Judging by the posts here, I'm not feeling confident that I will get my $300 worth out of it

Why base your "confidence" on the opinion of a select few forum pundits who consider it necessary to fear monger about any subject. :( Besides, you've already bought the cover so worrying about isn't going to make you feel any better, using it for it's intended purpose will. Fact is, ADCO sells tens of thousands of covers for all sorts of purposes every year and the vast majority of owners are quite satisfied. I've owned several ADCO covers for different trailers, one of them a Tyvek version I used on our K-Z Spree for 5 winters and when I sold it there were no issues with the cover at all. Install it properly, store it properly, and you shouldn't either. :)

Just bought a Adco tyvek and covered my first nice trailer with it. Judging by the posts here, I'm not feeling confident that I will get my $300 worth out of it

I've been happy with the Calmark https://www.calmarkcovers.com/ Seems durable and I think it has a 6 year warranty.

SoundGuy wrote:

frisbeekev wrote:
I have a Classic Accessories permapro and love it. The ripstop nylon is great and breathable.

Been considering a PermaPro cover myself, mostly because it's a much smaller & lighter package than an equivalent Tyvek cover so it should be just that much easier to install. It also comes with a limited lifetime warranty which suggests this should be a better than average cover. However, I've noted a few pics which suggest the ripstop nylon is so thin one can see what's under it - would you say that's true? :@

Yes, that is true. If the sun is out and cover is pressed flat against the side, you can see the outline of the decals on the TT. That is the price I guess we pay for having a lighter weight cover. Since I have only had mine 4 months, I can't tell you whether the sun will do damage. The roof of my Classic Accessories "Sunshield" cover is tyvec which is water resistant an totally opaque so the sun rays should not get through to the roof at least!

frisbeekev wrote:
I have a Classic Accessories permapro and love it. The ripstop nylon is great and breathable.

Been considering a PermaPro cover myself, mostly because it's a much smaller & lighter package than an equivalent Tyvek cover so it should be just that much easier to install. It also comes with a limited lifetime warranty which suggests this should be a better than average cover. However, I've noted a few pics which suggest the ripstop nylon is so thin one can see what's under it - would you say that's true? :@

I have a Classic Accessories permapro and love it. The ripstop nylon is great and breathable. The install was easy too. We'll worth the cost. As stated be sure to pad corners and gutters to prevent ripping.

I have a Classic Accessories permapro and love it. The ripstop nylon is great and breathable. The install was easy too. We'll worth the cost.

MSUDawg08 wrote:
For you guys living in the south, any problems with collecting moisture under the cover? I’m in south MS and am concerned about moisture being trapped under the cover due to the humidity.

temccarthy1 wrote:
No problem with moisture. The ADCO and Classic Accessories brand covers which are the big 2 brands are breathable fabric on the sides with waterproof tyvec roof. as well as having multiple vents along each side to get rid of moisture. I switched from ADCO to Classic Accessories because of better warranty.

Tyvek isn't waterproof but water resistant and although some moisture can collect on the roof membrane it does evaporate through the many holes in the Tyvek material. I've owned a number of ADCO AquaShed and Tyvek covers and this has never been an issue. Classic also offers a much lighter weight ripstop nylon cover that carries a limited lifetime warranty.

patperry2766 wrote:
Live but a few miles north of you, and I keep mine covered. Had a ADCO that lasted about 18 months till it finally ended it's life during a pretty severe storm.
Got lazy and cheap and decided not to cover it again for about the next 18 months, and in that time I could start to see the effects of sun damage, especially on the caulking. I went with a brand called Classic Accessories that I found on Amazon and I went with the cheaper Poly Pro 3 version to save a few bucks. I figure it I can anything over about 3 years out of one, I'm ahead of the game.

Just pad the corners and anything that could rip the cover.

I have this same style cover and this will be the third year for it and still looking good. Especially like the top air vents to help reduce bellowing.